Identification of polymorphism and association analysis with reproductive traits in the porcine RNF4 gene

Animal Reproduction Science

Volumn 110, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 283-292

  Niu, B Y ^a,b   Ye, L Z ^b   Li, F E ^b   Deng, C Y ^b   Jiang, S W ^b   Lei, M G ^b   Xiong, Y Z ^b  

^a NORTHEAST AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Litter size; Pig; Ring finger protein 4; Single nucleotide polymorphism

Indexed keywords

NUCLEAR PROTEIN; RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CROSS BREEDING; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; LITTER SIZE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NEWBORN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REPRODUCTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SWINE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BASE SEQUENCE; CROSSES, GENETIC; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENOTYPE; LITTER SIZE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; REPRODUCTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA; SWINE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; ZINC FINGERS;

ANIMALIA; PIERIS BRASSICAE; SUIDAE; SUS;

EID: 56949092520     PISSN: 03784320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anireprosci.2008.01.020     Document Type: Article

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